Button Attachment by Resilient Gates Trapping Mechanism

ABSTRACT

A button assembly configured for fast button attachment onto a garment cloth. The assembly comprises a buttoning structure and a retaining structure. The buttoning structure includes a button attached to a spacer attached to a pole attached to a terminal element. The retaining structure comprises a trapping mechanism housed in an aperture with upper opening with a rim attached to a planar plate which is divided into resilient flaps by concentric slits. Attaching the buttoning structure to the garment cloth entails piercing the cloth by the terminal element and inserting it into the retaining structure while bending the flaps. Further insertion releases the flaps which unbend and trap the terminal element inside the retaining structure and preventing its attached button from detachment. Thereby, attaching the button onto the garment cloth. The terminal element could attain a hemispherical or cylindrical shapes. A replaceable ornamental cap fits snugly the button&#39;s top.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

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FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH

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SEQUENCE LISTING OR PROGRAM

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TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to Buttons Attachment to Garment Cloths.

PRIOR ART

Traditionally buttons are attached to garments by threads. However,sewing buttons is quite slow and laborious. Furthermore, threadedbuttons tend to detach after intensive use. Hence, a faster and morerobust button attachment method could yield a notable improvement. Inour search we have found several inventions of button assemblies thatwere configured for fast button attachment but all of them aredissimilar to our invention both in their structures and in theirprinciples of operation. Most, if not all of these attachment assembliesrely on some sort of metallic pedestal crimping in order to attach thebutton to the garment cloth. In U.S. Pat. No. 4,033,012 (Jul. 5, 1977)to Kramer et al. teaches a metallic button held by a metallic pedestalthat is stapled to the garment cloth by a four legged metallic staplethat is crimped to hold the pedestal. In U.S. Pat. No. 8,522,404 (Sep.3, 2013) Matei teaches a button which can be tilted because it isattached to an elongated metallic shaft with ball attached at one end.The ball is housed in a ball bearing cavity included in the mountingbase attached to the garment. In US 2005/0188510 (Sep. 1, 2005) Retamalteaches a button attached to an elongated serrated metal shaft whichfits into a serrated metal nut attached to the garment. In U.S. Pat. No.4,751,780 (Feb. 25, 1986) Fukuroi teaches a metal button which isattached to a mounting base by a crimped metal nail. In U.S. Pat. No.4,512,063 (Apr. 23, 1985) Fukuroi teaches a metal button attachment to abase by a metal rivet. In U.S. Pat. No. 5,575,043 (Nov. 19, 1996)Candotti also teaches a metal button attachment to a base by a metalrivet. In U.S. Pat. No. 4,928,362 (May 29, 1990) Collas proposes tomount a metallic button on a metallic shank which is connected to a diskbeneath the garment cloth. In U.S. Pat. No. 5,940,940 (Aug. 24, 1999)Tanikoshi teaches a button mounting by crimping a metal tubular rivet.In U.S. Pat. No. 5,975,398 (Nov. 2, 1999) Evans proposed attachingbuttons to clothing by H shaped plastic studs which are inserted throughthe button holes into the clothing. In U.S. Pat. No. 9,820,520 (Nov. 21,2017) Bolen teaches an attachment system with two parts one partattaches to the clothing side and the other part attaches to the buttonside and both parts are then coupled by a magnetic twist-lock mechanism.In U.S. Ser. No. 10/004,299 (Jun. 26, 2018) Maussen Teaches a taperedtrapezoidal shape buttons which are connected to fabrics using sewing.IN U.S. Pat. No. 3,982,013 (Jul. 1, 1975) Gould teaches a buttonattachment using a rivet with long serrated shaft that protrudes fromthe clothing and is attached to a button with fitting aperture. In U.S.Pat. No. 8,938,861 (Jan. 27, 2015) McLendon teaches a removablyattachable button using a pair of U-shaped flexible pins with smallhooks at their ends, which are inserted through the clothing and throughthe button holes.

All the above inventions are entirely dissimilar to our invention.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

I have several goals in inventing and developing the Button Assembly ofwhich some feasible embodiments are illustrated in FIGS. 1-9. The goalsare:

-   -   1. To develop a Button Assembly which facilitates fast        attachment of the buttoning structure to a garment cloth without        any need for sewing, threads or metal crimping.    -   2. To design button assembly components which facilitate fast        manual attachment without needing additional tools or machines.    -   3. To configure a buttoning structure which can be attached        swiftly, firmly and permanently to garment cloths.    -   4. To design a retaining structure (i.e. an attachment structure        to the garment cloth) for the button which can withstand strong        pulling forces applied to the button without detachment.    -   5. To design a button assembly which could be manufactured        inexpensively in mass production from common elastic materials        such as plastics.    -   6. To develop a button assembly approach which facilitates        creation of a large variety of colors and shapes of button        appearances.    -   7. To configure a retaining structure that includes a trapping        mechanism which exploits the resiliency of gates made of        materials such as plastics to trap a terminal element which is        attached to the buttoning structure. Thereby, robustly tying the        button to the garment cloth.    -   8. To configure a button with replaceable ornamental caps.    -   9. To facilitate buttoning by integrating into the buttoning        structure a spacer that introduces a gap between the button and        the clothing.    -   10. To configure a cone that is temporarily attached to the        bottom face of the terminal element and facilitates piercing of        the garment cloth during manual attachment of the buttoning        structure to the garment cloth.    -   11. To consider the option of drilling guiding apertures in the        garment cloth to facilitate piercing of the garment cloth by the        terminal element during manual attachment of the buttoning        structure to the garment cloth.

In order to achieve some of the objectives listed above, our mechanismfor button attachment to the garment cloth adopts the operationalprinciple of mechanical trapping where the action of trapping isinitiated by a forceful intrusion of a terminal element which bends amultiplicity of resilient flaps (i.e. a multiplicity of resilientgates—as in the Claims) which reside at the entrance of the retainingstructure. Next, the bent resilient gating flaps are configured to bereleased when the terminal element is pushed further into the retainingstructure, below the tips of the bended flaps. Next, the released flapsunbend due to their elasticity and end up resting on the pole above theterminal element, thus trapping the terminal element inside the aperturein the retaining structure.

The resilient gating flaps are initially bent by a forceful intrusion ofa terminal element (i.e. a hemisphere or a cylinder which are attachedto the end of a pole connected to the button). Initially, the downwardsintrusion of the terminal element into the retaining structure'saperture pushes and bends downwards the resilient multiplicity of flapsthat are attached at the upper opening of the retaining structure. Next,the trapping mechanism is triggered shut when the terminal element ispushed further downwards into the retaining structure, beyond the tipsof the multiplicity of flaps. At that point, the multiplicity of flapsare released and unbend upwards due to their resiliency and end upresting diagonally on the pole above the terminal element. At thissituation, the pole prevents further upwards unbending motion of thereleased multiplicity of flaps since the flaps ends are leaningdiagonally on the pole. At this point, the multiplicity of flaps trapthe terminal element inside the aperture in the retaining structurebecause they prevent the terminal element from retracting upwards. Thebutton is also trapped since it is attached to the spacer which isattached to the pole which is attached to the trapped terminal element.While the multiplicity of flaps are diagonally resting on the pole abovethe terminal element's upper side, the flaps are prevented from turningupwards since their ends are diagonally resting on the pole. Hence, themultiplicity of resilient flaps are configured to prevent the terminalelement from moving upwards thereby trapping the terminal element insidethe retaining structure.

The manual attachment of the button to the garment cloth is performed asfollows:

The button assembly is configured to be used for fast attachment of thebutton to the garment cloth by placing the retaining structure below thegarment cloth such that the retaining structure's upper opening isfacing a lower side of the garment cloth while placing the buttoningstructure at an upper side of the garment cloth such that the terminalelement is opposite the retaining structure's upper opening. Next,pushing downwards the buttoning structure from the upper side of thegarment cloth is configured to pierce the garment cloth by the terminalelement's lower side. Further pushing inserts the terminal element viathe retaining structure's upper opening into the retaining part aperturewhich is situated at the lower side of the garment cloth beneath theretaining structure's upper opening. Inserting the terminal elementdownwards through the retaining part upper opening is configured to bendthe multiplicity of flaps and to trap the terminal element inside theretaining part when the flaps unbend. At the completion of the terminalelement insertion, it is trapped inside the retaining structure since itis situated beneath the multiplicity of flaps which are diagonallyresting on the pole above the terminal element. At that point, thetrapped terminal element which is attached to the buttoning structure,is configured to prevent detachment and separation of the buttoningstructure from the retaining structure and also from the garment cloth.Thereby, completing the attachment of the button to the garment cloth bypermanently attaching the buttoning structure to the garment cloth.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 displays a bottom view of an embodiment of the retainingstructure in 3D isometric drawing.

FIG. 2 Depicts in 3D isometric drawing a bottom view of an embodiment ofthe buttoning structure which includes the hemisphere connected to thepole at the pole's bottom end, the spacer attached to the top end of thepole and the button which is attached to the upper face of the spacer.

FIG. 3 Illustrates in 3D isometric drawing a bottom view of anembodiment of the buttoning structure which includes the hemisphereconnected to the pole at the pole's bottom end, the spacer attached tothe top end of the pole and the button which is attached to the upperface of the spacer. A piercing cone is temporarily attached to thebottom side of the hemispherical dome.

FIG. 4 illustrates in 3D isometric bottom view a collection ofcomponents required for a buttoning demonstration. The collectionincludes the buttoning structure, the retaining structure, the internalgarment cloth and the external garment cloth which includes a buttoningslot.

FIG. 5 illustrates in 3D isometric bottom view a cross section of thecollection of components required for the buttoning demonstration. Thecollection includes the buttoning structure, the retaining structure,the internal garment cloth and the external garment cloth which includesa buttoning slot.

FIG. 6 illustrates in 3D isometric bottom view a cross section of thecollection of components required for buttoning demonstration. Thecollection includes the buttoning structure, the retaining structure,the internal garment cloth and the external garment cloth which includesa buttoning slot. In FIG. 6 the terminal element (in this case, thehemisphere) has already pierced the garment cloth.

FIG. 7 Depicts in 3D isometric bottom view a cross section of thecollection of components required for buttoning demonstration. Thecollection includes the buttoning structure, the retaining structure,the internal garment cloth and the external garment cloth which includesa buttoning slot. In FIG. 7 all the collection components are alreadyassembled in their final buttoning positions in which the hemispherealready has been inserted into the retaining structure.

FIG. 8 Shows in an inverted upside-down view of 3D isometric drawing ofthree embodiments of the buttoning structure which include thehemisphere connected to the pole at the pole's bottom end, the spacerattached to the top end of the pole and the button which is attached tothe upper face of the spacer. The drawing also depicts the ornamentalcap in 3 positions. At the left-hand side, the buttoning structure andthe cap are shown separately. At the center, the cap is installed on thebutton and in the right-hand side the buttoning structure and theinstalled cap are shown in a cross sectional view.

FIG. 9 Illustrates in an upside-down view of 3D isometric drawing a topview of an embodiment of the buttoning structure which includes acylinder (cylindrical plate) which serves here as the terminal element.The cylinder is connected to the pole at the pole's bottom end, thespacer attached to the top end of the pole and the button which isattached to the upper face of the spacer.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows a bottom view of an embodiment of the retaining structure 1in 3D isometric drawing. The retaining structure 1 is structured from aretaining part 3 with retaining part's upper circular opening and alower circular opening 4. The retaining part's upper circular opening iscovered entirely by an attached planar disk (planar plate in the claims)2 which is divided by four radial slits centered at the center 5 of theplanar disk. The planar disk 2 is made of a resilient material. The fourslits divide the planar disk into four resilient gating flaps 2 (whichcorrespond to the multiplicity of resilient flaps in the Claims). Theslits are centered at the circular opening 5 drilled at the center ofthe planar disk. The inner space of the retaining part 3 is denoted by4.

FIG. 2 Depicts in 3D isometric drawing a bottom view of an embodiment ofthe buttoning structure which includes the button 10. The buttoningstructure comprises the terminal element 7 that is connected at theterminal element's upper side to the pole 8 at the pole's bottom end,the spacer's lower side 18 is attached to the top end of the pole 8 andthe button 10 which is attached to the upper side of the spacer 18. Theterminal element in FIG. 2 is shaped as a hemisphere in which theterminal element's upper face is shaped as a circular upper plane of thehemisphere and the terminal element's lower face is shaped as ahemispherical dome.

FIG. 3 Illustrates in 3D isometric drawing a bottom view of anembodiment of the buttoning structure 10-18-8-7 which includes thehemisphere 7 (the hemisphere 7 is the terminal element's shape in FIG.3) that is attached to the pole 8 at the pole's bottom end, the spacerlower side 18 is attached to the top end of the pole 8 and the button 10which is attached to the upper side of the spacer 18. A piercing cone 9is attached to the bottom side of the hemispherical dome 7. The piercingcone 9 is configured to initialize piercing of garment to facilitate thepiercing of the garment cloth by the attached hemisphere 7. Theretaining structure 1 (not shown in FIG. 3) which is placed at the lowerside of the garment's cloth 6 is configured to attach the buttoningstructure 10-18-8-7 to the upper side of the garment cloth 6.

FIG. 4 illustrates in 3D isometric bottom view a collection ofcomponents necessary for a buttoning demonstration. The collectionincludes the buttoning structure 7-8-18-10, the retaining structure1-2-3-4-5, the internal garment cloth 6 and the external garment cloth20 which includes a buttoning slot 21. The internal garment cloth 6includes a guiding aperture 22 which is drilled in the internal garmentcloth 6. The guiding aperture 22 is configured to facilitate piercing ofthe garment cloth by the terminal element's lower side.

The retaining structure 1 is structured from a retaining part 3 withretaining part's upper and lower circular openings. The retaining part'supper circular opening is entirely covered by an attached planar disk(equivalent to the planar plate in the claims) 2 which is divided byfour radial slits into four resilient flaps 2. The four radial slits arecentered at the circular opening 5 drilled at the center of the planardisk 2. The retaining part lower circular opening 4 is also shown.

FIG. 5 illustrates a cross section of collection of parts depicted inFIG. 4. FIG. 5 illustrates the buttoning structure: 7-8-9-10 before theprocess of piercing the garment cloth 6. The hemisphere 7 (which isequivalent to the terminal element in claim 1) is pointing downwards andis situated at the position where the hemisphere 7 is preparing topierce a cross sectional depiction of a piece of garment cloth 6. Across section of the retaining structure 1-2-3-4-5 is illustratedunderneath the garment cloth 6 and opposite to the hemisphere 7 which isgeneralized as the terminal element in the Claims. FIG. 5 actuallyillustrates the situation of the buttoning structure when the hemisphere7 has already pierced the garment cloth 6 before entering into theretaining structure 1-2-3-4-5. A cross sectional view of the retainingstructure 1-2-3-4-5 is also shown beneath the garment cloth 6. Theretaining structure 1-2-3-4-5 is structured from a retaining part 3 withretaining part's upper and lower circular openings. The retaining part'supper circular opening is covered by an attached planar disk which isdivided by four radial slits into four flaps 2 (which correspond to themultiplicity of resilient flaps mentioned in the Claims). The fourradial slits are centered at the circular opening 5 drilled at theplanar disk's center 5. The retaining part's lower circular opening 4 ofthe retaining part is also shown.

FIG. 6 illustrates a cross sectional view of the collection of partsdepicted in FIG. 4. FIG. 6 illustrates the buttoning structure: 7-8-9-10while in the process of piercing the garment cloth 6. The hemisphere is7 pointing downwards and situated at the position where the hemisphere 7already pierced a cross sectional depiction of a piece of garment cloth6. A cross section of the retaining structure 1-2-3-4-5 is illustratedunderneath the garment cloth 6 and opposite to the hemisphere 7. Thehemisphere 7 is also named as the terminal element in the Claims. FIG. 6actually illustrates the situation of the buttoning structure after thehemisphere 7 has already pierced the garment cloth 6 before enteringinto the retaining structure 1-2-3-4-5. A cross sectional view of theretaining structure 1-2-3-4-5 is also shown beneath the garment cloth 6.The retaining structure 1-2-3-4-5 is structured from a retaining part 3with retaining part's upper and lower circular openings. The retainingpart's upper circular opening is covered by an attached planar diskwhich is divided by four radial slits into four flaps 2 (whichcorrespond to the multiplicity of resilient flaps mentioned in theClaims). The four radial slits are centered at the circular opening 5drilled at the planar disk's center 5. The retaining part lower circularopening 4 of the retaining part is also shown

FIG. 7 illustrates a cross section of the same collection of partsdepicted in FIG. 4. FIG. 7 illustrates the buttoning structure: 7-8-9-10which already completed the process of piercing the garment cloth 6. Thehemisphere is 7 pointing downwards and is situated at the position wherethe hemisphere 7 has already pierced the garment cloth 6, which isdepicted as a cross section of a piece of the garment cloth 6. Thehemisphere in FIG. 7 also has already entered the retaining structure1-2-3-4-5 which is illustrated underneath the garment cloth 6. Theresilient flaps 2 in FIG. 6 were bent already by the intrusion of thehemisphere 7. The flaps 2 in FIG. 7 are already unbent and restingdiagonally on the pole 8 above the hemisphere 7 since the hemisphere 7has already moved downwards below the flaps 2. The flaps 2 are trappingthe hemisphere 7 since they are already unbent and resting diagonally onthe pole 8 above the hemisphere 7 and preventing it from retractingupwards. The hemisphere 7 is generalized as the terminal element in theClaims.

FIG. 8 Shows in 3D isometric drawing three top views of embodiments ofthe buttoning structure 7-8-18-10 which includes the hemisphere 7 whichis connected to the pole 8 at the pole's bottom end. The spacer 18 isattached to the top end of the pole 8. Finally, the button 10 isattached to the upper face of the spacer 18. The drawing also depictsthe ornamental cap 23 in 3 positions. At the left-hand side of FIG. 7,the buttoning structure 7-8-18-10 and the cap 23 are shown separately.At the center, the cap 23 is installed on the button 10 and at theright-hand side the buttoning structure 7-8-18-10 and the installed cap23 are shown in a cross-sectional view. The ornamental face 24 of thecap 23 is also shown in FIG. 7.

FIG. 9 Illustrates in 3D isometric drawing a top view of an embodimentof the buttoning structure 25-8-18-10 which includes a cylinder 25(which is generalized as the terminal element in the Claims and named asa cylindrical plate) which is connected to the pole 8 at the pole'sbottom end, the spacer 18 is attached to the top end of the pole 8 andthe button 10 which is attached to the upper face of the spacer 18.

What is claimed is:
 1. A button assembly configured for a buttonattachment on a garment cloth; wherein the button assembly comprises abuttoning structure and a retaining structure; wherein the buttoningstructure comprises: the button, a spacer, a pole and a terminalelement; wherein the button includes a button's lower face and abutton's upper face; wherein the spacer includes a spacer's upper sideand a spacer's lower side; wherein the pole includes a pole's top endand a pole's bottom end; wherein the terminal element includes aterminal element's upper side and a terminal element's lower side;wherein the button's lower face is attached to the spacer's upper side;wherein the spacer's lower side is attached to the pole's top end;wherein the pole's bottom end is attached to the terminal element'supper side; wherein the retaining structure comprises an aperture whichhouses a trapping mechanism; wherein the aperture also includes an upperopening; wherein the trapping mechanism includes a multiplicity ofresilient gates which is configured to facilitate an unidirectionaldownwards translation of the terminal element via the upper opening intothe aperture; wherein the terminal element is configured to movedownwards and to push down the multiplicity of resilient gates; whereinthe multiplicity of resilient gates is configured to open the upperopening and to facilitate the unidirectional downwards translation ofthe terminal element via the upper opening into the aperture; after theunidirectional downwards translation of the terminal element via theupper opening into the aperture is completed, the multiplicity ofresilient gates is configured to trap the terminal element within theaperture and to prevent any translation upwards of the terminal elementfrom the aperture; the button assembly is configured to facilitate thebutton attachment to the garment cloth by placing the retainingstructure below the garment cloth such that the upper opening is facingan lower side of the garment cloth while placing the buttoning structureabove the garment cloth facing an upper side of the garment cloth suchthat the terminal element is opposite the upper opening; next, pushingdownwards the terminal element from the upper side of the garment clothis configured to pierce the garment cloth by the terminal element'slower side and also is configured to insert the terminal element via theupper opening downwards into the aperture; wherein inserting downwardsthe terminal element into the upper opening is configured to push openthe multiplicity of resilient gates while facilitating theunidirectional downwards translation of the terminal element via theupper opening into the aperture; next, following the downwards insertionof the terminal element into the aperture, the multiplicity of resilientgates is configured to trap the terminal element in the aperture bypreventing any translation upwards of the terminal element from theaperture; the multiplicity of resilient gates also is configured toprevent any translation upwards of the buttoning structure including thebutton, which both are connected to terminal element; wherein, trappingthe terminal element which is attached to the buttoning structure, isconfigured to prevent the buttoning structure from moving upwards, awayfrom the retaining structure and the garment cloth; wherein, trappingthe terminal element is configured to attach the button to the retainingstructure and to the garment cloth.
 2. The button assembly of claim 1,wherein the retaining structure includes a planar plate made of aresilient material; wherein the upper opening has an upper rim; whereinthe upper rim is attached to the planar plate which is configured to belarge enough to cover entirely the upper opening; wherein the trappingmechanism includes the multiplicity of resilient gates which ismanufactured from the planar plate which is divided into a multiplicityof resilient flaps by a multiplicity of radial slits which are centeredat an upper opening's center; the multiplicity of resilient flaps isconfigured to facilitate the unidirectional downwards translation of theterminal element via the upper opening into the aperture by bending andturning downwards when the terminal element is pushed downwards via theupper opening; when the terminal element is pushed further downwardsinto a position below the multiplicity of resilient flaps, themultiplicity of resilient flaps are configured to be released and areconfigured to unbend while turning upwards due to their resiliency; themultiplicity of resilient flaps are configured to end their unbendingmotion by turning upwards until they are stopped by diagonally restingon the pole above the terminal element's upper side; while themultiplicity of resilient flaps is diagonally resting on the pole abovethe terminal element's upper side, they are configured to prevent theterminal element from moving upwards, thereby trapping the terminalelement inside the aperture and preventing any upwards translation ofthe terminal element from the aperture; the button assembly isconfigured to facilitate the button attachment to the garment cloth byplacing the retaining structure below the garment cloth such that theupper opening is facing a lower side of the garment cloth while placingthe buttoning structure above the garment cloth facing an upper side ofthe garment cloth such that the terminal element is opposite the upperopening; next, pushing downwards the terminal element from the upperside of the garment cloth is configured to pierce the garment cloth bythe terminal element's lower side; wherein pushing further downwards theterminal element is configured to insert the terminal element via theupper opening downwards into the aperture; next, following the downwardsinsertion of the terminal element into the aperture, the multiplicity ofresilient flaps is configured to trap the terminal element in theaperture by preventing any translation upwards of the terminal elementfrom the aperture; the multiplicity of resilient flaps also isconfigured to prevent any translation upwards of the buttoning structureincluding the button, which are connected to terminal element; wherein,trapping the terminal element which is attached to the buttoningstructure, is configured to prevent the buttoning structure from movingupwards, away from the retaining structure and the garment cloth;wherein, trapping the terminal element is configured to attach thebutton to the retaining structure and to the garment cloth.
 3. Thebutton assembly of claim 1, wherein the terminal element is configuredto have a shape of a hemisphere; wherein the terminal element's upperside is shaped as a circular upper plane of the hemisphere; the terminalelement's lower side is shaped as a hemispherical dome; wherein thepole's bottom end is attached to the circular upper plane.
 4. The buttonassembly of claim 3, wherein a minimal width of the upper opening isconfigured to be larger than a radius of the circular upper plane of thehemisphere by at least a thickness of the planar plate.
 5. The buttonassembly of claim 3, wherein the pole is configured to be cylindrical;wherein a radius of a pole's circular cross section is configured to besmaller than a radius of the circular upper plane of the hemisphere byat least a thickness of the planar plate.
 6. The button assembly ofclaim 5, wherein the spacer is configured to have a spacer's cylindricalshape with a spacer's circular cross section; wherein a radius of thespacer's circular cross section is configured to be larger than theradius of the pole's circular cross section; wherein a height of thespacer's cylindrical shape is configured to be larger than a thicknessof the garment cloth; thereby sufficiently spacing the button tofacilitate buttoning.
 7. The button assembly of claim 6, wherein thebutton is configured to have a cylindrical shape; wherein a radius of abutton's circular cross section is configured to be larger than theradius of the spacer's circular cross section.
 8. The button assembly ofclaim 1, wherein the terminal element is configured to have a shape of acylindrical plate; wherein the terminal element's upper side is shapedas a circular upper plane of the cylindrical plate and a terminalelement's lower side is shaped as a circular lower plane of thecylindrical plate; wherein the bottom end of the pole is attached to thecircular upper plane of the cylindrical plate.
 9. The button assembly ofclaim 8, wherein a minimal width of the retaining structure's upperopening is configured to be larger than a radius of the circular upperplane of the cylindrical plate by at least a thickness of the planarplate.
 10. The button assembly of claim 8, wherein the pole isconfigured to be cylindrical; wherein a radius of a pole's circularcross section is configured to be smaller than a radius of the circularupper plane of the cylindrical plate by at least a thickness of theplanar plate.
 11. The button assembly of claim 1, wherein a piercingcone which is configured to facilitate piercing of the garment clothwhen pushed through it; wherein a flat base of the piercing cone isconfigured to be temporarily connected to the terminal element's lowerside; wherein a pointed side of the piercing cone is configured to pointdownwards; the piercing cone is configured to be disconnected andremoved after piercing.
 12. The button assembly of claim 1, wherein thebutton's upper face is configured to be ornamentally engraved orsculpted.
 13. The button assembly of claim 1, wherein the button isconfigured to have a cylindrical shape which the button's upper face isa circular upper plane of the button; wherein the circular upper planeof the button is configured to fit snuggly inside a circular cap;wherein the circular cap is configured to be made of an elastic materialwhich facilitates installment on top of the circular upper plane of thebutton; the circular cap is made of the elastic material which alsofacilitates removal of the circular cap from the top of the circularupper plane of the button; wherein the circular cap is configured tohave a cap's upper face; wherein the cap's upper face is ornamentallyengraved or sculpted.
 14. The button assembly of claim 1, wherein aguiding aperture is drilled in the garment cloth situated at a desiredlocation for the button attachment; wherein prior to piercing of thegarment cloth, the guiding aperture is positioned opposite to theterminal element; wherein the guiding aperture is configured tofacilitate piercing the garment cloth by the terminal element's lowerside.
 15. The button assembly of claim 1, wherein the retainingstructure comprises a retaining structure and a planar plate; whereinthe retaining structure has is configured to have a shape of a toroidand the planar plate has a shape of a planar disk.
 16. A button assemblyconfigured for a button attachment on a garment cloth; wherein thebutton assembly comprises a buttoning structure and a retainingstructure; wherein the buttoning structure comprises: the button, aspacer, a pole and a terminal element; wherein the button includes abutton's lower face and a button's upper face; wherein the spacerincludes a spacer's upper side and a spacer's lower side; wherein thepole includes a pole's top end and a pole's bottom end; wherein theterminal element includes a terminal element's upper side and a terminalelement's lower side; wherein the button's lower face is attached to thespacer's upper side; wherein the spacer's lower side is attached to thepole's top end; wherein the pole's bottom end is attached to theterminal element's upper side; wherein the retaining structure comprisesan aperture which houses a trapping mechanism; wherein the aperture alsoincludes an upper opening; wherein the trapping mechanism includes aresilient gate which is configured to facilitate an unidirectionaldownwards translation of the terminal element via the upper opening intothe aperture; wherein the terminal element is configured to movedownwards and to push down the resilient gate; wherein the resilientgate is configured to open the upper opening and to facilitate theunidirectional downwards translation of the terminal element via theupper opening into the aperture; after the unidirectional downwardstranslation of the terminal element via the upper opening into theaperture is completed, the resilient gate is configured to trap theterminal element within the aperture and to prevent any translationupwards of the terminal element from the aperture; the button assemblyis configured to facilitate the button attachment to the garment clothby placing the retaining structure below the garment cloth such that theupper opening is facing an lower side of the garment cloth while placingthe buttoning structure above the garment cloth facing an upper side ofthe garment cloth such that the terminal element is opposite the upperopening; next, pushing downwards the terminal element from the upperside of the garment cloth is configured to pierce the garment cloth bythe terminal element's lower side and also is configured to insert theterminal element via the upper opening downwards into the aperture;wherein inserting downwards the terminal element into the upper openingis configured to push open the resilient gate while facilitating theunidirectional downwards translation of the terminal element via theupper opening into the aperture; next, following the downwards insertionof the terminal element into the aperture, the resilient gate isconfigured to trap the terminal element in the aperture by preventingany translation upwards of the terminal element from the aperture; theresilient gate also is configured to prevent any translation upwards ofthe buttoning structure including the button, which both are connectedto terminal element; wherein, trapping the terminal element which isattached to the buttoning structure, is configured to prevent thebuttoning structure from moving upwards, away from the retainingstructure and the garment cloth; wherein, trapping the terminal elementis configured to attach the button to the retaining structure and to thegarment cloth.